State · 1861 – 1890
Sultanate of Zanzibar
A state of 1861 – 1890 — 29 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Muscat and Oman. It was replaced by Zanzibar Islands and Zanzibar Protectorate. The atlas records 3 things within it — people 3. Its line of rulers holds 5 people. Its own article says it was replaced by People's Republic of Zanzibar.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 29 years
- 1861 – 1890
- Rulers
- 5
- the Sultan of Zanzibar
- Most ground
- 28,600 km²
- in 1861
- Within it
- 3
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Muscat and Oman · replaces · 1820 – 1970
After it
- Zanzibar Islands · replaced by
- Zanzibar Protectorate · replaced by
How it ended, as its article says
Replaced by People's Republic of Zanzibar. Read from the article's section “History - End of the Zanzibar Protectorate and deposition of the Sultan” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
Jamshid fled into exile, and the Sultanate was replaced by the People's Republic of Zanzibar.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of Sultan of Zanzibar.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majid bin Said | 1856 – 1870 | 14 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar | 1870 – 1888 | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Khalifah bin Said | 1888 – 1890 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Ali bin Said of Zanzibar | 1890 – 1893 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar | 1893 – 1896 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1856 – 1896. Only 40 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
28,600 km² in 1861, 28,600 km² in 1886; at its largest 28,600 km² in 1861. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, undatedFlag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Orange Tuesday 
coat of arms, undatedEmblem of the Sultanate of Zanzibar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Samhanin
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1800 – 18993 rows
- Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar · ruler · 1837 – 1888
- Ali bin Said of Zanzibar · ruler · 1854 – 1893
- Khalifah bin Said · ruler · 1852 – 1890
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood29 years
stood longer than 26% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held28,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 27% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 4 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1851 – 1900, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1861, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q157904 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.